Re: [clug-talk] OT - Toshiba laptop HDDs

[Katrina Kube]

I've had 5 (all Toshiba) croak in my iBook within 2 years, but I'm not 
sure if the HD was the problem the entire time. I got a new logic board 
last July (freebie thanks to AppleCare) and this drive has lasted well 
over a year now. So far it hasn't done any of the things the other 5 
did. I just hope it lasts as long as the rest of this computer.

On 18-Mar-04, at 02:15, Nick W wrote:

Out of curiosity, has anyone on the list had bad experience with 
toshiba 2.5"
drives? Ive had 2 [nearly brand new] fail on me so far in under a 
year, and a
third one [6 mos old] nearly bit it this morning, oddly enough its 
working in
linux but XP chokes on it. The problem originally surfaced in linux 
but after
powering down for a bit I managed to get it mounted [heat issue?] and 
got my
sensitive data off of it just in case. Im just wondering how much of 
an issue
is heat with regards to hdds failing? I run this poor thing pretty 
hard a
lot. :-s
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